In this episode, Sahara chats with trailblazer, activist, community shaker and iconic leader Dr. Hazel N. Dukes as she reflects on her childhood, inspirations, activism and hope for the world’s next generation of leaders.

In this episode, NY state Assemblyman Charles Fall sits down with Sahara to discuss who he celebrates during Women’s History month, his record in Albany, recent press, and his re-election bid!

Following the sentencing of Daunte Wright’s murderer, The Super Bowl Half Time Show and Kanye West’s mental health outbursts, Sahara discusses the importance of championing change in todays climate where change is inevitable as long as we actively attempt to change the narrative and trajectory of our own circumstances.

Happy New Year and Happy Black History Month. This is our second season of “Perspective” and i am beyond grateful to all our listeners and our guests. Let’s continue sharing our voice, through our lens. Welcome back to Perspective’ with me, your girl Sahara Rebé!

In this special episode Sahara is live at the 1st annual K Woods Foundation fundraising gala. Here is the link to support: https://www.gofundme.com/f/kwoodsfoundation or via Cashapp: $kwoodsfoundation

In this episode Sahara interviews New York City Department of Education high schoolers from across the five boroughs about their experiences and perspectives on the vaccine and the newly implemented vaccine mandate in New York City.

Erik Cliette Citywide Administrator for The TaskForce on Racial Inclusion & Equity, New York City Health and Hospitals senior director for the Fund, and director of: "Guns Down, Life Up" (GDLU) joins Sahara in discussing the reasons why some communities face vaccine hesitancy in New York City.

This episode is the third addition to this weeks mini series “Sahara’s Hot Takes”. This whole week in honor of mental health awareness month, Sahara will be discussing social issues and there connection to mental health. I just realized that I didn’t mention LGBTQ+ representation and people with disabilities I do believe that the media unfortunately represents these groups in stereotypes as well. Here are some children’s books based on the following: Ramadan- https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMepheVS6/ Women Empowerment- https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeprc2jr/ Asian Representation- https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMephJp8p/ Protest- https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMephNfCw/ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMepr7LMc/ Representation in general- https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMepr3xNr/ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeprwdj9/ Here is a link showing the impact of lack of representation- https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/onemind/2020/07/14/the-essential-role-of-mental-health-for-a-diverse-inclusive-workplace/amp/ Photograph- Chris Buck

This episode is the second addition to this weeks mini series “Sahara’s Hot Takes”. This whole week in honor of mental health awareness month, Sahara will be discussing social issues and there connection to mental health. Here are some links to short videos and articles explaining how the school to prison pipeline affect students mentally, adding on to some of them injustices/points I made during the episode and why this system was created in the first place:https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMegnTXRV/ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMegn3kDH/ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMegWeK2p/ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMegWUey3/ https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=school+to+prison+pipeline+impact+on+mental+health&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart#d=gs_qabs&u=%23p%3DZ7dGORup6IEJ https://www.sharedjustice.org/domestic-justice/2017/12/5/mental-health-and-the-school-to-prison-pipeline https://www.nyclu.org/en/issues/racial-justice/school-prison-pipeline If you’d like to continue this conversation or reach out to Sahara visit Sahara’s website SaharaRebé.com Cover Art: Sarah DeBaar

Former state government official, urban planner and public servant Ms Lindsey Boylan joins Sahara in this episode of “Perspective”. Lindsey is running to serve as Manhattan’s Borough President. Here they discuss what drives Lindsey’s advocacy, why she’s running for Borough President, a message to those wondering “why now?” and much more!